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Eric Hollies
Personal information
Full name
William Eric Hollies
Born
(1912-06-05)5 June 1912 Old Hill, Staffordshire, England
Died
16 April 1981(1981-04-16) (aged 68) Chinley, Derbyshire, England
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right arm leg spin
International information
National side
England
Test debut (cap 277)
8 January 1935 v West Indies
Last Test
25 July 1950 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1932–1957
Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition
Test
First-class
Matches
13
515
Runs scored
37
1,673
Batting average
5.28
5.00
100s/50s
0/0
0/0
Top score
18*
47
Balls bowled
3,554
130,625
Wickets
44
2,323
Bowling average
30.27
20.94
5 wickets in innings
5
182
10 wickets in match
0
40
Best bowling
7/50
10/49
Catches/stumpings
2/–
179/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 June 2009
William Eric Hollies (5 June 1912 – 16 April 1981)[1] was an English cricketer, who is mainly remembered for dismissing Donald Bradman for a duck in Bradman's final Test match innings, in which he needed only four runs for a Test average of 100.[2] Hollies played all his first-class cricket career for Warwickshire, taking 2,323 wickets at less than 21 apiece.
Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted: "Hollies was one of cricket's most extraordinary characters, whose meagre thirteen Tests in no way reflected his contribution to the game. He was a fastish leg-break bowler who rarely had much use for the googly." Bateman added: "loquacious, with a rich seam of Black Country humour, he was an immensely respected and hard-working cricketer".[1]
^ abBateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 91. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
^"Netherlands beat England". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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